Sketch Of Chap. XII [ 12 ] Of The General Report Of Scotland. On Manures, And Paring And Burning. Drawn Up For The Consideration Of The Board Of Agriculture And Internal Improvement

Sinclair, John [editor]

Verlag: printed for the Board of Agriculture by D Willison, Craig's Close, Edinburgh, 1812

Beschreibung

Full contemporary diced calf, VG. viii+200pp, a few pages with attractively bound with small gilt sunflowers at the corners of the boards with double gilt ruling, spine with attractive gilt tooled decoration showing farming implements and a horse, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, occasional light foxing to the pages, upper hinge with a small crack at the base and light staining to he leather which adds to the patina, an attractive copy. Ex Libris George Henry Elliott, 20th Light Dragoons of Binfield Park with his armorial bookplate on the endpaper & signature on the verso, smaller engraved motto 'Simplex Munditiis' on the pastedown. Detailed study of the use & agricultural value of manure & fertlizers on the soil drawing on the usage of such on the farms of Scotland. The book describes in detail the many forms of soil improvers, where they can be collected & method of processing, with the work divided into categories of fertilizer - from Farm-yard Dung to Soaper's Waste & including soot, Seaweed, Hair Hoof & Bone, Moss, Limestone etc etc. Extracted from the 'General Report of the Agricultural State and Political Circumstances of Scotland' which was finally published after much work in 5 volumes in 1814 & was edited by the agricultural reformer Sir John Sinclair [ 1754 - 1835 ]. Sinclair was the first President of the Board of Agriculture which was established by Pitt in 1793 & wrote several works on agriculture & agricultural improvement. Elliott was a keen agriculturalist himself - in 1831 he gave 13 acres on his estate in Berkshire as allotments to a group of 22 labourers who cultivated the land with enthusiasm 'the effect on their behaviour and general character is striking, being that which self-respect always induces. Should the system become general in this neighbourhood, crime will become rare, and none will resort to the parish for relief, excepting such as are really incapable of work'. [ William Deller quoted in 'The Labourer's Friend (pub 1835). ] 400 grams. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 36068

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Titel: Sketch Of Chap. XII [ 12 ] Of The General ...

Verlag: printed for the Board of Agriculture by D Willison, Craig's Close, Edinburgh

Erscheinungsdatum: 1812

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st edition.